Babylon 5 Update for 1 - 29 - 2018
I update once every 2 weeks (or so) with fiction, challenges etc. Please feel free to contact me if you have news or anything you think needs to be featured here. Just send me a PM at alexcat or post it to the update and I’ll include it the next time.
Still winter with dreary rainy days this week. Watch a little Babylon 5 and see that winter comes to all! Please join us at our mirror site at Dreamwidth as well. We will be rewatching Season 5 at b5_revisited. Join us!
Fanfic
Butterfly by sidhe_faerie (Delenn, Lennier,Teen and up).
War Rages on by TallysGreatestFan (G’kar/Na’toth, Mature).
Taking Off the Uniform by jacquelee (Susan Ivanova, Gen).
Caught in the Act by DaughterofRomulus (G’kar/OC/Londo?, T).
UPDATED:
The Master Speed by BabylonRanger (Doctor Who/Babylon 5 crossover, Teen and up).
The Tenderness of Treason by gin007 (Timov, T).
BEHIND THE GLOVE SERIES by pallasite:
On Telepath Licenses/a>.
Psi Corps Posters (Part 2).
More on the Meaning of “The Corps is Mother, The Corps is Father”.
The Dexter Raid.
Fanart:
I only display a sampling of the latest from the artists. Please check out their pages at Deviant Art.
Hyperspace by Ryan Begemann.
Shadow Attack by TK - 13-8.
Books:
Babylon 5 Encyclopedia is now live online and the print books are being shipped now and I have mine.
A Dream Given Form: An Unofficial Guide to Babylon 5 was written by two Shelby, NC authors. I have ordered this book and will make a post about it when I read it.
News:
**Sci-fi Women Interview - Claudia Christian. Claudia shared this link on her Twitter feed.
**Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Babylon 5 at 25 - How These Shows Challenged Sci-fi Television.
**B5 Creator J. Michael Straczynski to Pen Memoir.
*See Babylon 5 free on go90
*Babylon 5 Books is moving from Café Press to Amazon
*Babylon 5 Books has announced a new B5 Encyclopedia. You can order it as a hardcover physical edition or as an online edition or both. It’s a little pricy but it looks really cool. *** The encyclopedia is out and it’s great! ***
Communities and members:
****We are celebrating our love for Babylon 5 in February with our annual Love Month. Love Month is a month long celebration of all sorts of B5 fanworks: stories, art, essays, op-eds, vids, podfic, anything. We sign up at LJ or Dreamwidth for which days we want and post our contribution(s) on those day(s). Here are the links: https://babylon5-love.livejournal.com/112601.html | https://babylon5-love.dreamwidth.org/111431.html NO ONE has signed up yet! If there are no sign-ups by Feb 1. I will cancel for this year.
** Recap and Discussion for 5 x 15 - Darkness Ascending at b5_revisited.
** Recap and Discussion for 5 x 14 - Meditations on the Abyss at b5_revisited.
*New Babylon 5 Facebook Page: We are brand new and have only 12 or so members right now. Come join us and start a conversation. https://www.facebook.com/groups/1643505239288376/
Here is a list our communities at Dreamwidth:
Babylon 5 Revisited
Babylon 5 Love
Universe Today
Fun things:
If you have Facebook, ‘like’
Bill Mumy shares lots of nostalgic photos of himself from various tv shows he’s been on as well as family photos and his music.
Bruce Boxleitner for updates on Bruce and some nice convention photos.
Claudia Christian for some Ivanova fun and photos.
Patricia Tallman does a few fun things at her FB page and she has a newsletter you can subscribe to while you're there.
Jason Carter for some of Jason’s zaniness. He does post some as well as a mod.
Fans of J. Michael Straczynski for updates from the man himself and mods.
***The Zocalo Today is a great place to read news and fun stuff from fans.***
***Babylon 5 Facebook Group is a fan group. It is quite busy, with over 17,000 members.***
I have started a new Babylon 5 page at Facebook and we are eager to get new members.
Babylon 5 Fans and Friends is a new group. Come join us!
** January Birthdays**
January 9 - David Allen Brooks
January 24 - Peter Woodward
January 27 - Julie Caitlin Brown
January 27 - Tamilyn Tomita
Send us your news~!
Still winter with dreary rainy days this week. Watch a little Babylon 5 and see that winter comes to all! Please join us at our mirror site at Dreamwidth as well. We will be rewatching Season 5 at b5_revisited. Join us!
Fanfic
Butterfly by sidhe_faerie (Delenn, Lennier,Teen and up).
War Rages on by TallysGreatestFan (G’kar/Na’toth, Mature).
Taking Off the Uniform by jacquelee (Susan Ivanova, Gen).
Caught in the Act by DaughterofRomulus (G’kar/OC/Londo?, T).
UPDATED:
The Master Speed by BabylonRanger (Doctor Who/Babylon 5 crossover, Teen and up).
The Tenderness of Treason by gin007 (Timov, T).
BEHIND THE GLOVE SERIES by pallasite:
On Telepath Licenses/a>.
Psi Corps Posters (Part 2).
More on the Meaning of “The Corps is Mother, The Corps is Father”.
The Dexter Raid.
Fanart:
I only display a sampling of the latest from the artists. Please check out their pages at Deviant Art.
Hyperspace by Ryan Begemann.
Shadow Attack by TK - 13-8.
Books:
Babylon 5 Encyclopedia is now live online and the print books are being shipped now and I have mine.
A Dream Given Form: An Unofficial Guide to Babylon 5 was written by two Shelby, NC authors. I have ordered this book and will make a post about it when I read it.
News:
**Sci-fi Women Interview - Claudia Christian. Claudia shared this link on her Twitter feed.
**Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Babylon 5 at 25 - How These Shows Challenged Sci-fi Television.
**B5 Creator J. Michael Straczynski to Pen Memoir.
*See Babylon 5 free on go90
*Babylon 5 Books is moving from Café Press to Amazon
*Babylon 5 Books has announced a new B5 Encyclopedia. You can order it as a hardcover physical edition or as an online edition or both. It’s a little pricy but it looks really cool. *** The encyclopedia is out and it’s great! ***
Communities and members:
****We are celebrating our love for Babylon 5 in February with our annual Love Month. Love Month is a month long celebration of all sorts of B5 fanworks: stories, art, essays, op-eds, vids, podfic, anything. We sign up at LJ or Dreamwidth for which days we want and post our contribution(s) on those day(s). Here are the links: https://babylon5-love.livejournal.com/112601.html | https://babylon5-love.dreamwidth.org/111431.html NO ONE has signed up yet! If there are no sign-ups by Feb 1. I will cancel for this year.
** Recap and Discussion for 5 x 15 - Darkness Ascending at b5_revisited.
** Recap and Discussion for 5 x 14 - Meditations on the Abyss at b5_revisited.
*New Babylon 5 Facebook Page: We are brand new and have only 12 or so members right now. Come join us and start a conversation. https://www.facebook.com/groups/1643505239288376/
Here is a list our communities at Dreamwidth:
Babylon 5 Revisited
Babylon 5 Love
Universe Today
Fun things:
If you have Facebook, ‘like’
Bill Mumy shares lots of nostalgic photos of himself from various tv shows he’s been on as well as family photos and his music.
Bruce Boxleitner for updates on Bruce and some nice convention photos.
Claudia Christian for some Ivanova fun and photos.
Patricia Tallman does a few fun things at her FB page and she has a newsletter you can subscribe to while you're there.
Jason Carter for some of Jason’s zaniness. He does post some as well as a mod.
Fans of J. Michael Straczynski for updates from the man himself and mods.
***The Zocalo Today is a great place to read news and fun stuff from fans.***
***Babylon 5 Facebook Group is a fan group. It is quite busy, with over 17,000 members.***
I have started a new Babylon 5 page at Facebook and we are eager to get new members.
Babylon 5 Fans and Friends is a new group. Come join us!
** January Birthdays**
January 9 - David Allen Brooks
January 24 - Peter Woodward
January 27 - Julie Caitlin Brown
January 27 - Tamilyn Tomita
Send us your news~!